George Vicat Cole (1833 - 1893)

George Vicat Cole

George Vicat Cole was a British landscape painter.

Born George Cole (1810-1883), a landscape painter, he began exhibiting early at the Royal Academy and became a Royal Academician in 1880.

Early in his career, Vicat Cole was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites and painted pictures demanded by the times - peaceful, pastoral landscapes from the suburbs of London. The city dwellers began to feel nostalgic for the beautiful and peaceful countryside, time and way of life. This type of landscape was extremely popular in both Europe and America in the late 19th century.